Saturday, February 9, 2013

Shopping Center Galleria

Shopping Center Galleria

Galleria attracts with its 140 stores on two floors an average of 1.2 million visitors monthly. The complex housed Printemps, the renowned French department store, in the beginning. It hosts upscale Turkish stores, features fast food restaurants and cafeterias, entertainment centers, movie theaters, bowling alley and ice skating rink. The shopping mall has a covered car park for 2,000 vehicles. In 1990, Galleria was judged the world's most outstanding mall by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for sophisticated blueprint design, rapid construction, and unique structural features. The Galleria shopping center on the way to Ataturk Airport from Old City or Taksim Square that has a very good location. You can include in your Istanbul itinerary for shopping or for break time.